Mentions the United States gun industry's annual `Shot Show' in Las Vegas, Nevada. United States presidential adviser Bruce Reed, Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo, and New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer to meet with gun executives in Las Vegas to try to avert more lawsuits.

Reports on the increase of gun sales in the United States since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Impact on gun control efforts by Democrats; Motives for purchasing a weapon; Use of guns as a deterrent to crime; Observation that gun sales increase in times of crisis.

Focuses on the ban on military-style semiautomatic assault weapons in the United States. Discussion of why President George W. Bush is not campaigning to retain it; Mention of the segments of society that support and oppose the ban; View that the ban will not be renewed when it expires in 2004;...

The article discusses aspects of gun control laws in the U.S. and in Great Britain. It notes that the law for firearms at U.S. schools is poor. It compares the murder rates in Great Britain and in the U.S. for more than two centuries. It emphasizes that gun control laws are counterproductive in...

Offers a look at the expiration of the United States federal assault-weapons ban in September 2004, and the lack of protest from the Democratic Party. Challenge of appealing to pro-gun-control voters while eluding the wrath of the National Rifle Association (NRA); Reference to a comment made by...

Reports that municipalities in the United States are taking aim at gun manufacturers in lawsuits based on public nuisance theories. Details on the Ceriale versus Smith & Wesson Corp. case; Theory of public nuisance; Stance of gun control proponents on the case; Information on several gun...